Wraparound Garment

ABSTRACT

A wraparound garment has a designated pouch section with a top opening. Two elongated, relatively wide arm members extend from opposite sides of the top opening. The arm members can be wrapped around a wearer&#39;s body to encircle and/or cover the shoulders, neck, waist, back, or breast areas. The length of the arm members and their widths ensure that the garment can be wrapped in a wide variety of configurations.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a unique article of clothing, and moreparticularly, to a versatile wraparound garment.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Decorative scarves of varying lengths are well known versatile apparelwhich can be wrapped and tied in a variety of configurations, normallyaround the neck of the wearer. However, for the most part such scarvesand similar type wraps are restricted to the neck and sometimes thewearer's shoulders. Scarves which are not strictly warn for warmth, aremost often employed as fashion accessories in order to enhance theappearance of the wearer. They are generally not worn for utilitarianpurposes.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is thus the object of the present invention to provide a versatilewraparound garment which is designed not only to be used as a decorativeaccessory, but also serves utilitarian purposes in a variety ofdifferent configurations, e.g. as a scarf, sundress, coverall, etc.

These objects are accomplished by the present invention, a wraparoundgarment comprising a designated pouch section with a top opening. Twoelongated, relatively wide arm members extend from opposite sides of thetop opening. The arm members can be wrapped around a wearer's body toencircle and/or cover the shoulders, neck, waist, back, or breast areas.The length of the arm members and their widths ensure that the garmentcan be wrapped in a wide variety of configurations.

The novel features which are considered as characteristic of theinvention e set forth in particular in the appended claims. Theinvention, itself, however, both as to its design, construction and use,together with additional features and advantages thereof, are bestunderstood upon review of the following detailed description withreference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is one example of the manner of use of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is another example of the manner of use of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Wraparound garment 1 comprises pouch section 2 having front section 4,having a given dimensional width, connected back section 6. It iscontemplated that front section 4 and back section 6 compriselightweight, sturdy fabric material pieces sewn together around theiredges or they can consist of one continuous piece of material sewn attheir bottom edges. Either way, top opening 8 has a given circumferenceand is located between front section 4 and back section 6 of pouchsection 2.

Elongated arm members 10 and 12 are attached to and extend fromdiametrically opposite sides of top opening 8 of pouch section 2.Optimally, arm members 10 and 12 are fabricated from the same fabricmaterial as pouch section 2, but equivalent lightweight material canalso be used. Arm members 10 and 12 are advantageously sewn at the sidesof opening 8.

It is contemplated that arm members 10 and 12 will each optimally rangein lengths between four feet and eight feet or more, in order to providesufficient length of material to allow the wearer to wrap and encircle anumber of areas of her body. This length should be at least four timesthe dimensional width of front section 4 of pouch section 2. Each armmember 10 and 12 also has a dimensional width of at least one quarterthe circumference of opening 8. From a practical standpoint, this widthshould be at least four inches in order to ensure proper coverage ofareas of the wearer's body when garment 2 is wrapped in its many variousconfigurations.

Garment 1 is designed to be wrapped and encircled around different areasof the body of the wearer 20, including the neck, shoulders, back,waist, breasts, stomach, and even the head. Two examples of the manyvarieties of configurations garment 1 can take are shown in FIGS. 2 and3.

In FIG. 2, pouch section 2 is initially positioned, optimally, along thewearer's waist. Arm members 10 and 12 are wrapped around the body of thewearer such that they cover the breast areas, encircle the neck, and aretied or otherwise secured at the neck or lower back. As shown in FIG. 3,pouch section 2 hangs from the wearer's waist while members 10 and 12are wrapped around the wearer's waist, breasts and shoulders, at theback.

It is apparent that a single wraparound garment of the present inventioncan be configured to create many different and unique looks. The numberof configurations in which the garment can be utilized is limited onlyby the imagination and preference of the wearer.

Certain novel features and components of this invention are disclosed indetail in order to make the invention clear in at least one formthereof. However, it is to be clearly understood that the invention asdisclosed is not necessarily limited to the exact form and details asdisclosed, since it is apparent that various modifications and changesmay be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

1. A wraparound garment for a wearer comprising: a pouch sectioncomprising a front section having a given dimensional width, a backsection, and a top opening between the front section and the backsection; first elongated arm means extending from a first side of thetop opening of the pouch section for wrapping and encircling differentareas of the garment's wearer and for securing the pouch section on thewearer, whereby said first arm means is to be wrapped and encircled in avariety of configurations on the wearer; second elongated arms meansextending from a second side of the top opening, diametrically oppositefrom said first side, for wrapping and encircling different areas of thewearer and for securing the pouch section on the wearer, whereby saidsecond arm means is to be wrapped and encircled in a variety ofconfigurations on the wearer in conjunction with the first arm means;and said first and second arm means each having a dimensional length ofat least four times the dimensional width of the front section of thepouch section in order to permit the wrapping and encircling ofdifferent areas of the wearer in said variety of configurations.
 2. Thewraparound garment as in claim 1 wherein the top opening has a givencircumference and said first and second arm means each have dimensionalwidths of at least one quarter the circumference of the top opening ofthe pouch section.
 3. The wraparound garment as in claim 1 wherein eachof the arm means has a dimensional width of at least four inches.
 4. Thewraparound garment as in claim 1 wherein the length of each arm meansranges between four feet to eight feet.
 5. The wraparound garment as inclaim 3 wherein each of the arm means has a dimensional width of atleast four inches.